Upcoming Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	Moments That Last: The Political and Social Impact of Images of Crisis and War	Mon, 04.05.2026, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Clemena Antonova Kia Vahland		Moments That Last: The Political and Social Impact of Images of Crisis and War Fellows' Colloquium with Kia Vahland Mon, 04.05.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Kia Vahland Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this talk, the art historian, political scientist, and journalist Kia Vahland explains how iconic images become symbols of emotional states in which political and personal experiences intertwine. Read more
Moments That Last: The Political and Social Impact of Images of Crisis and War Fellows' Colloquium with Kia Vahland Mon, 04.05.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Clemena Antonova Kia Vahland Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this talk, the art historian, political scientist, and journalist Kia Vahland explains how iconic images become symbols of emotional states in which political and personal experiences intertwine. Read more
	Solidarity of the Shaken	Sun, 10.05.2026, 17:00	Panels and Discussions	Ludger Hagedorn Piotr Augustyniak Radka DenemarkováTadeusz Gadacz, Kuba Janicki, Marek Pospieszalski	TICKETS	Solidarity of the Shaken Tischner Debates 2026 Sun, 10.05.2026, 17:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Piotr Augustyniak Radka DenemarkováTadeusz Gadacz, Kuba Janicki, Marek Pospieszalski Series: Panels and Discussions Despite the increasing number of shocking events around us, we remain divided, focused on mutual disparagement and ill-will. Why is it that such threats as a war at Europe’s doorstep, catastrophic climate change, deepening social inequalities, and so on, are unable to awaken in us a sense of solidarity and cooperation? Read more
Solidarity of the Shaken Tischner Debates 2026 Sun, 10.05.2026, 17:00 Speakers: Ludger Hagedorn Piotr Augustyniak Radka DenemarkováTadeusz Gadacz, Kuba Janicki, Marek Pospieszalski Series: Panels and Discussions Despite the increasing number of shocking events around us, we remain divided, focused on mutual disparagement and ill-will. Why is it that such threats as a war at Europe’s doorstep, catastrophic climate change, deepening social inequalities, and so on, are unable to awaken in us a sense of solidarity and cooperation? Read more
	Invisible Empire? How Austria-Hungary Survived Its Dissolution as an Economic Space	Mon, 11.05.2026, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Gábor Egry Ayşe Çağlar		Invisible Empire? How Austria-Hungary Survived Its Dissolution as an Economic Space Fellows' Colloquium with Gábor Egry Mon, 11.05.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Gábor Egry Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this talk, Gábor Egry seeks answers to the question of how, following the defeat and dismantling of the Habsburg monarchy in 1918, Austro-Hungarian businesses managed to remain largely intact in the Balkans and the new nation-states that appeared in the empire’s place, despite these successor states declaring their intention to rid themselves of foreigners and the “enemy.” Read more
Invisible Empire? How Austria-Hungary Survived Its Dissolution as an Economic Space Fellows' Colloquium with Gábor Egry Mon, 11.05.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Gábor Egry Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this talk, Gábor Egry seeks answers to the question of how, following the defeat and dismantling of the Habsburg monarchy in 1918, Austro-Hungarian businesses managed to remain largely intact in the Balkans and the new nation-states that appeared in the empire’s place, despite these successor states declaring their intention to rid themselves of foreigners and the “enemy.” Read more
	A Speech to Europe 2026: “The European Moment”	Wed, 13.05.2026, 18:00	Lecture	Anne Applebaum		A Speech to Europe 2026: “The European Moment” Part of Wiener Festwochen Wed, 13.05.2026, 18:00 Speakers: Anne Applebaum Series: Lecture In this year’s Speech to Europe at Vienna’s Judenplatz, historian and author Anne Applebaum explores whether now is “the European Moment” and what that means. Read more

	The Haunting Grounds of Authoritarianism	Tue, 02.06.2026, 18:00	Lecture	Katharyne Mitchell Ayşe Çağlar	REGISTRATION	The Haunting Grounds of Authoritarianism Monthly Lecture with Katharyne Mitchell Tue, 02.06.2026, 18:00 Speakers: Katharyne Mitchell Ayşe Çağlar Series: Lecture In this talk, Katharyne Mitchell examines the spatial history of Tempelhof Field in Berlin, tracing its layers from a Knights Templar headquarters and Nazi rally site to its current role housing asylum seekers. She uses this history to explore how authoritarian regimes leverage monumental architecture and spatial practices to construct narratives of national greatness, and how those haunting histories continue to shape the present. Read more
The Haunting Grounds of Authoritarianism Monthly Lecture with Katharyne Mitchell Tue, 02.06.2026, 18:00 Speakers: Katharyne Mitchell Ayşe Çağlar Series: Lecture In this talk, Katharyne Mitchell examines the spatial history of Tempelhof Field in Berlin, tracing its layers from a Knights Templar headquarters and Nazi rally site to its current role housing asylum seekers. She uses this history to explore how authoritarian regimes leverage monumental architecture and spatial practices to construct narratives of national greatness, and how those haunting histories continue to shape the present. Read more